Do not prune when a backup misses an earlier mount point (closes #395)

snapshot create --prune purged the older snapshots holding a volume's
files when the volume, mounted below a configured path, was not
mounted: its empty mount point read as deleted files.

The scan now records in the local index each directory at or below a
configured path that the walk found an entry in and that, once listed,
is on a different device from its parent; listing mounts an
automounted volume. Under --prune, when an earlier snapshot of that
name recorded such a directory and this run does not, the run skips
the prune, keeps every older snapshot and exits non-zero, naming the
directory. For a volume retired on purpose, snapshot purge removes the
older snapshots.

Model: opus-5-5

README.md

@@ -338,15 +338,16 @@ value where a list belongs or a word where a number belongs), is refused.
   snapshots by hand with `snapshot purge`. When an earlier snapshot of the
   same name in the local index found a volume mounted at or below a
   configured path (a directory on a different filesystem from its parent,
-  with something in it) and this backup finds none mounted there, the prune
+  with an entry in it that the backup does not exclude) and this backup does
-  does not run either: every older snapshot is kept, and the command names
+  not, the prune does not run either: every older snapshot is kept, and the
-  the directory and exits non-zero, on every run until the volume is mounted
+  command names the directory and exits non-zero, on every run until the
-  again. The same happens when the volume is empty, as an automounted volume
+  volume is mounted again. A backup also does not find the volume when it
-  that could not be mounted looks, or when that directory is no longer
+  finds no such entry in its directory, as when an automounted volume cannot
-  backed up, because it is excluded or its configured path was removed. If
+  be mounted, or when that directory is no longer backed up, because it is
-  any of this is on purpose, as for a retired volume, remove the older
+  excluded or its configured path was removed. If any of this is on purpose,
-  snapshots by hand with `snapshot purge`. A file removed during the backup
+  as for a retired volume, remove the older snapshots by hand with
-  does not stop the prune.
+  `snapshot purge`. A file removed during the backup does not stop the
+  prune.
 * `--keep-newer-than <duration>`: With `--prune`, keep snapshots newer than
   this duration instead of only the latest (e.g. `4w`, `30d`, `6mo`, `1y`).
   Without `--prune`, or with a value that is not a valid duration, the

TODO.md

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ owner's; a `v*` tag runs the release build in
   ([issue #395](https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395)). Such a
   prune could delete every snapshot still holding the volume's files.
   Each snapshot now records in the local index the directories it found
-  on a different filesystem from their parent, with something in them.
+  on a different filesystem from their parent and found an entry in that
+  the backup does not exclude.
 
 - 2026-10-14: Stopped `snapshot create --prune` pruning after a backup
   that found nothing in a configured path

docs/DATAMODEL.md

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Maps snapshots to the blobs they reference.
 **Purpose:** Tracks blob dependencies for snapshots and enables manifest generation.
 
 ### 10. `snapshot_mount_points`
-The directories at or below a configured path, the configured path itself included, that a snapshot's backup found on a different filesystem from their parent directory (a different device number), as a mount point is, and found an entry in. An empty one, as an automount point whose volume could not be mounted, is left out.
+The directories at or below a configured path, the configured path itself included, that a snapshot's backup found an entry in and, once it had listed them, found on a different filesystem from their parent directory (a different device number), as a mount point is. An automount point whose volume cannot be mounted is not recorded, because the backup finds no entry in it.
 
 **Columns:**
 - `snapshot_id` (TEXT) - Snapshot ID (FK to snapshots.id)
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Tracks blob upload metrics.
    - `INSERT OR REPLACE INTO files` - Update file metadata
    - `SELECT * FROM files WHERE path = ?` - Check if file has changed
    - `INSERT INTO snapshot_files` - Add file to current snapshot
-   - `INSERT OR IGNORE INTO snapshot_mount_points` - Record each directory on a different filesystem from its parent that holds an entry
+   - `INSERT OR IGNORE INTO snapshot_mount_points` - Record each directory on a different filesystem from its parent that the walk found an entry in
 
 2. **Chunking** (for changed files)
    - `INSERT OR IGNORE INTO chunks` - Store new chunks

internal/snapshot/mount_point_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
@@ -16,9 +17,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // A scan records with the snapshot each directory on a different device
-// from its parent directory that holds an entry, as a mount point is,
+// from its parent directory that the walk found an entry in, as a mount
-// the scanned path included. A filesystem that gives no device numbers,
+// point is, the scanned path included. A filesystem that gives no device
-// as the in-memory one, records none. See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395.
+// numbers, as the in-memory one, records none. See
+// https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395.
 func TestScanRecordsMountPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -97,23 +99,29 @@ func TestScanRecordsMountPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// automountFs is an in-memory filesystem in which opening mountPoint to
+// automountFs is an in-memory filesystem with a volume at mountPoint
-// list it mounts a volume there, if canMount, as a systemd automount
+// that is mounted on first access: opening mountPoint to list it mounts
-// does on first access. Stat records the device an entry is on at that
+// the volume or, if it cannot be mounted, fails with "no such file or
-// moment, as a real stat does: the automounter's, 3, for mountPoint
+// directory", as with the autofs daemon. Stat records the device an
-// until the volume is mounted; the volume's, 2, for mountPoint once it
+// entry is on at that moment, as a real stat does: unmountedDevice for
-// is and for everything in it; 1 for everything else.
+// mountPoint until the volume is mounted; the volume's, 2, for
+// mountPoint once it is and for everything in it; 1 for everything else.
 type automountFs struct {
 	afero.Fs
 
 	mountPoint      string
+	unmountedDevice uint64
 	canMount        bool
 	mounted         bool
 }
 
 //nolint:ireturn // afero.Fs.Open is defined to return the interface.
 func (fs *automountFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
-	if name == fs.mountPoint && fs.canMount {
+	if name == fs.mountPoint && !fs.canMount {
+		return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "open", Path: name, Err: syscall.ENOENT}
+	}
+
+	if name == fs.mountPoint {
 		fs.mounted = true
 	}
 
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ func (fs *automountFs) Stat(name string) (os.FileInfo, error) {
 
 	switch {
 	case name == fs.mountPoint && !fs.mounted:
-		device = 3
+		device = fs.unmountedDevice
 	case name == fs.mountPoint || strings.HasPrefix(name, fs.mountPoint+"/"):
 		device = 2
 	}
@@ -154,12 +162,13 @@ func deviceAtLookup(info os.FileInfo) (uint64, bool) {
 }
 
 // A volume mounted on first access is mounted when the walk lists its
-// mount point; until then the mount point is on the automounter's own
+// mount point. Until then the mount point is on the automounter's own
-// device. Only the mount point is recorded, by the backup that mounts
+// device (a systemd automount) or on its parent's (an autofs map that
-// the volume and by a later one. An automount point whose volume cannot
+// shows its mount points before mounting them). Either way only the
-// be mounted stays on the automounter's device and lists nothing; it is
+// mount point is recorded, by the backup that mounts the volume and by a
-// not recorded, so it does not count as the volume found mounted. See
+// later one that finds it mounted. Listing an automount point whose
-// https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395.
+// volume cannot be mounted fails; it is not recorded, because the walk
+// finds no entry in it. See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395.
 func TestScanRecordsOnlyTheMountPointOfAnAutomountedVolume(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -169,11 +178,22 @@ func TestScanRecordsOnlyTheMountPointOfAnAutomountedVolume(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name            string
+		unmountedDevice uint64
 		canMount        bool
 		want            []string
 	}{
-		{name: "volume that is mounted", canMount: true, want: []string{mountPoint}},
+		{
-		{name: "volume that cannot be mounted", canMount: false, want: nil},
+			name:            "on the automounter's device until listed",
+			unmountedDevice: 3, canMount: true, want: []string{mountPoint},
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "on its parent's device until listed",
+			unmountedDevice: 1, canMount: true, want: []string{mountPoint},
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "volume that cannot be mounted",
+			unmountedDevice: 1, canMount: false, want: nil,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -182,17 +202,16 @@ func TestScanRecordsOnlyTheMountPointOfAnAutomountedVolume(t *testing.T) {
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
 			fs := &automountFs{
-				Fs: afero.NewMemMapFs(), mountPoint: mountPoint, canMount: tt.canMount,
+				Fs: afero.NewMemMapFs(), mountPoint: mountPoint,
+				unmountedDevice: tt.unmountedDevice, canMount: tt.canMount,
 			}
 
-			require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(mountPoint, 0o755))
-			require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(
-				fs, scannedPath+"/notes.txt", []byte("notes"), 0o644))
-
-			if tt.canMount {
 			require.NoError(t, fs.MkdirAll(mountPoint+"/photos", 0o755))
-				require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(
+
-					fs, mountPoint+"/photos/a.jpg", []byte("photo"), 0o644))
+			for _, path := range []string{
+				scannedPath + "/notes.txt", mountPoint + "/photos/a.jpg",
+			} {
+				require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fs, path, []byte(path), 0o644))
 			}
 
 			db, err := database.NewTestDB()

internal/snapshot/scanner.go

@@ -888,9 +888,10 @@ type ScanPhaseResult struct {
 	FilesToProcess   []*FileToProcess
 	UnchangedFileIDs []types.FileID   // IDs of unchanged files to associate with snapshot
 	Directories      []*FileToProcess // Every directory found, to record
-	// MountPoints are the directories found on a different device from
+	// MountPoints are the directories, the scanned path included, that
-	// their parent directory, the scanned path included, that the walk
+	// the walk found an entry in and, once it had listed them, on a
-	// found an entry in.
+	// different device from their parent directory (see
+	// recordIfMountPoint).
 	MountPoints []string
 }
 
@@ -911,7 +912,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanPhase(
 	// estimate leaves them out.
 	estimatedTotal := countNonDirectories(knownFiles)
 
-	collector := &scanCollector{mountPoints: make(map[string]bool)}
+	collector := &scanCollector{dirsWithEntries: make(map[string]struct{})}
 
 	// Set up periodic status output
 	startTime := time.Now()
@@ -954,10 +955,10 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanPhase(
 		// The scanned directory itself is not an entry found in it.
 		if filePath != path || !info.IsDir() {
 			result.EntriesFound++
-
-			collector.foundEntryIn(filepath.Dir(filePath))
 		}
 
+		s.recordIfMountPoint(filePath, path, collector)
+
 		// Handle symlinks and directories
 		handled, err := s.recordSpecialEntry(
 			filePath, info, existingFiles, knownFiles, collector, result)
@@ -992,7 +993,7 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanPhase(
 		FilesToProcess:   collector.filesToProcess,
 		UnchangedFileIDs: collector.unchangedFileIDs,
 		Directories:      collector.directories,
-		MountPoints:      collector.mountPointsWithEntries(),
+		MountPoints:      collector.mountPoints,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1012,10 +1013,8 @@ func countNonDirectories(files map[string]*database.File) int64 {
 // recordSpecialEntry records symlinks and directories (which have no
 // data to chunk) and reports whether it handled the entry. A symlink is
 // counted and checked for changes as a regular file is; a directory is
-// set aside to be recorded, also as a mount point when it is on a
+// set aside to be recorded and is not counted. For a symlink whose
-// different device from its parent directory, and is not counted. For a
+// target cannot be read it returns handleWalkError's result.
-// symlink whose target cannot be read it returns handleWalkError's
-// result.
 func (s *Scanner) recordSpecialEntry(
 	filePath string, info os.FileInfo,
 	existingFiles map[string]struct{},
@@ -1044,10 +1043,6 @@ func (s *Scanner) recordSpecialEntry(
 		existingFiles[filePath] = struct{}{}
 		collector.addDirectory(filePath, info, file)
 
-		if s.onOtherDeviceThanParent(filePath, info) {
-			collector.addMountPoint(filePath)
-		}
-
 		return true, nil
 	}
 
@@ -1125,46 +1120,29 @@ type scanCollector struct {
 	unchangedFileIDs []types.FileID // Just IDs - no new records needed
 	directories      []*FileToProcess
 	filesScanned     int64
-	// mountPoints maps each directory found on a different device from
+	// dirsWithEntries holds each directory the walk has found an entry in.
-	// its parent directory to whether the walk found an entry in it.
+	dirsWithEntries map[string]struct{}
-	mountPoints map[string]bool
+	mountPoints     []string
 }
 
-// addMountPoint sets aside a directory found on a different device from
+// firstEntryIn notes that the walk found an entry in directory dir and
-// its parent directory, to be recorded if the walk finds an entry in it.
+// reports whether it is the first one.
-func (c *scanCollector) addMountPoint(path string) {
+func (c *scanCollector) firstEntryIn(dir string) bool {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 
-	c.mountPoints[path] = false
+	_, seen := c.dirsWithEntries[dir]
+	c.dirsWithEntries[dir] = struct{}{}
+
+	return !seen
 }
 
-// foundEntryIn notes that the walk found an entry in directory dir.
+// addMountPoint sets a mount point aside to be recorded.
-func (c *scanCollector) foundEntryIn(dir string) {
+func (c *scanCollector) addMountPoint(dir string) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	defer c.mu.Unlock()
 
-	if _, ok := c.mountPoints[dir]; ok {
+	c.mountPoints = append(c.mountPoints, dir)
-		c.mountPoints[dir] = true
-	}
-}
-
-// mountPointsWithEntries returns the mount points the walk found an
-// entry in. An empty one, as an automount point whose volume could not
-// be mounted, does not show a volume mounted there.
-func (c *scanCollector) mountPointsWithEntries() []string {
-	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
-
-	var mountPoints []string
-
-	for dir, foundEntry := range c.mountPoints {
-		if foundEntry {
-			mountPoints = append(mountPoints, dir)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return mountPoints
 }
 
 // addDirectory sets a directory aside to be recorded. It is not counted
@@ -1391,32 +1369,53 @@ func (s *Scanner) recordMountPoints(
 	})
 }
 
-// onOtherDeviceThanParent reports whether the directory at path, which
+// recordIfMountPoint sets the directory that holds entry, a path the
-// info describes, is on a different device from its parent directory,
+// walk found, aside to be recorded as a mount point if it is on a
-// looked up now. The walk calls it on reaching the directory, by when it
+// different device from its parent directory. The walk calls it for each
-// has listed the parent (the scanned path aside). Listing a directory
+// entry it finds, and it decides on the first entry in a directory, so a
-// mounts a volume mounted there on first access (a systemd automount),
+// directory the walk found no entry in is never recorded. By then the
-// so the walk's own entry for the parent, looked up before the listing,
+// walk has listed the directory, which mounts a volume mounted there on
-// can show the automounter's device instead. A directory whose device
+// first access, so the directory and its parent are looked up again:
-// number, or whose parent's, cannot be read counts as on its parent's
+// before the listing, the directory can be on the automounter's own
-// device: a mount point missed can only stop a prune, never let one run.
+// device (a systemd automount) or on its parent's (an autofs map that
-func (s *Scanner) onOtherDeviceThanParent(path string, info os.FileInfo) bool {
+// shows its mount points before mounting them). The scanned path is in
-	dirDevice, ok := s.deviceNumber(info)
+// no listing the walk made, so it is skipped as an entry. A directory
+// that cannot be looked up then, or whose parent cannot, is not
+// recorded, so this snapshot does not stop the prune of a later backup
+// that misses its volume.
+func (s *Scanner) recordIfMountPoint(
+	entry, scannedPath string, collector *scanCollector,
+) {
+	dir := filepath.Dir(entry)
+
+	if entry == scannedPath || !collector.firstEntryIn(dir) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	dirDevice, ok := s.deviceNumberAt(dir)
 	if !ok {
-		return false
+		return
 	}
 
-	parent, err := s.fs.Stat(filepath.Dir(path))
+	parentDevice, ok := s.deviceNumberAt(filepath.Dir(dir))
+	if ok && dirDevice != parentDevice {
+		collector.addMountPoint(dir)
+	}
+}
+
+// deviceNumberAt looks path up now and returns the number of the device
+// that holds it, and false when the lookup fails (logged) or gives no
+// device number.
+func (s *Scanner) deviceNumberAt(path string) (uint64, bool) {
+	info, err := s.fs.Stat(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Warn("Could not look up the parent of a directory "+
+		log.Warn("Could not look up a directory to check for a mount point",
-			"to check for a mount point", "path", path, "error", err)
+			"path", path, "error", err)
 
-		return false
+		return 0, false
 	}
 
-	parentDevice, ok := s.deviceNumber(parent)
+	return s.deviceNumber(info)
-
-	return ok && dirDevice != parentDevice
 }
 
 // deviceNumberFromStat returns the number of the device that holds the

internal/vaultik/snapshot.go

@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ var ErrSourcePathEmpty = errors.New("source path(s) were empty")
 // ErrVolumeNotMounted is returned when --prune skipped the post-backup
 // prune because a directory that an earlier snapshot of the same name
 // found as a mount point was not found as one in this run: the volume
-// mounted there is not mounted or is empty, or the directory is no
+// mounted there is not mounted, the run found no entry in it, or the
-// longer backed up. The snapshots are complete and kept, so the caller
+// directory is no longer backed up. The snapshots are complete and
-// can report it apart from a failed backup. A run that also skipped
+// kept, so the caller can report it apart from a failed backup. A run
-// unreadable files or found a configured path empty returns
+// that also skipped unreadable files or found a configured path empty
-// ErrFilesUnreadable or ErrSourcePathEmpty instead.
+// returns ErrFilesUnreadable or ErrSourcePathEmpty instead.
 var ErrVolumeNotMounted = errors.New(
 	"mount point(s) an earlier snapshot recorded were not found")
 
@@ -237,10 +237,11 @@ func (v *Vaultik) skipPostBackupPrune(
 	if len(unmountedPaths) > 0 {
 		v.UI.Warningf("Skipped the post-backup prune because this backup "+
 			"did not find a mount point at %s, where an earlier snapshot "+
-			"found one: the volume is not mounted or is empty, or the "+
+			"found one: the volume is not mounted, this backup found no "+
-			"directory is no longer backed up. Older snapshots are kept. "+
+			"entry in it, or the directory is no longer backed up. Older "+
-			"Mount the volume again, or, if that is on purpose, remove the "+
+			"snapshots are kept. Mount the volume again, or, if that is on "+
-			"older snapshots by hand with 'vaultik snapshot purge'.",
+			"purpose, remove the older snapshots by hand with "+
+			"'vaultik snapshot purge'.",
 			strings.Join(unmountedPaths, ", "))
 	}
 

internal/vaultik/snapshot_prune_test.go

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/vaultik/internal/config"
@@ -261,42 +263,67 @@ func TestBackupWithNoEmptySourcePathPrunes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// automountFs is the real filesystem with a volume at volumeDir that is
+// mounted on first access, as by an autofs map that shows its mount
+// points before mounting them: listing volumeDir mounts the volume or,
+// while cannotMount, fails with "no such file or directory".
+type automountFs struct {
+	afero.OsFs
+
+	volumeDir   string
+	cannotMount bool
+	mounted     bool
+}
+
+//nolint:ireturn // afero.Fs.Open is defined to return the interface.
+func (f *automountFs) Open(name string) (afero.File, error) {
+	if name == f.volumeDir && f.cannotMount {
+		return nil, &os.PathError{Op: "open", Path: name, Err: syscall.ENOENT}
+	}
+
+	if name == f.volumeDir {
+		f.mounted = true
+	}
+
+	return f.OsFs.Open(name)
+}
+
 // A backup under --prune in which a volume that an earlier snapshot found
-// mounted below the configured path is not mounted does not prune: run
+// mounted below the configured path is missing does not prune: run after
-// after run, the snapshot that holds the volume's files is kept with
+// run, the snapshot that holds the volume's files is kept with everything
-// everything it stored, and the run fails. Once the volume is mounted
+// it stored, and the run fails. Once the volume is back, the prune runs.
-// again, the prune runs. The volume's directory is left either as a
+// The volume is mounted on first access and every backup starts with it
-// plain directory or as an automount point whose volume cannot be
+// not mounted, so its directory is on its parent's device until the walk
-// mounted, which stays empty on the automounter's own device. See
+// lists it. While the volume is missing, its directory is left empty, or
-// https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395.
+// listing it fails with "no such file or directory", as when an autofs
+// volume cannot be mounted, which the walk counts as a directory removed
+// during the backup. See https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/vaultik/issues/395.
 func TestBackupWithVolumeNotMountedDoesNotPrune(t *testing.T) {
 	log.Initialize(log.Config{})
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	// unmountedDevice is the device number of the volume's directory
-	// while the volume is not mounted. Its parent directory is on device
-	// 1, the mounted volume on device 2.
 	tests := []struct {
 		name         string
-		unmountedDevice uint64
+		listingFails bool
 	}{
-		{name: "plain directory", unmountedDevice: 1},
+		{name: "directory left empty", listingFails: false},
-		{name: "automount point that cannot be mounted", unmountedDevice: 3},
+		{name: "listing fails", listingFails: true},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t, tt.unmountedDevice)
+			backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t, tt.listingFails)
 		})
 	}
 }
 
 // backUpWithVolumeNotMounted runs the backups of
-// TestBackupWithVolumeNotMountedDoesNotPrune, with the volume's directory
+// TestBackupWithVolumeNotMountedDoesNotPrune. While the volume is
-// on device unmountedDevice while the volume is not mounted.
+// missing, listing its directory fails if listingFails; otherwise the
-func backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t *testing.T, unmountedDevice uint64) {
+// directory is empty.
+func backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t *testing.T, listingFails bool) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	// volume is the directory, below the configured path, where the
@@ -311,21 +338,22 @@ func backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t *testing.T, unmountedDevice uint64) {
 		volume + "/a.txt": []byte("file a"),
 		"notes.txt":       []byte("notes"),
 	})
-	env.v.Config.Snapshots[snapshotName] = config.SnapshotConfig{
+	env.setSnapshot(snapshotName, "")
-		Paths: []string{env.src},
-	}
 	prune := &vaultik.SnapshotCreateOptions{
 		Prune: true, Snapshots: []string{snapshotName},
 	}
 
-	// volumeDevice is the device of the volume's directory, 2 while the
+	// The volume's directory is on the volume's device, 2, while the
 	// volume is mounted. Everything else is on device 1.
-	volumeDevice := uint64(2)
+	volumeDir := filepath.Join(env.src, volume)
+	fs := &automountFs{volumeDir: volumeDir}
 	newScanner := env.v.ScannerFactory
 	env.v.ScannerFactory = func(params snapshot.ScannerParams) *snapshot.Scanner {
+		fs.mounted = false
+		params.Fs = fs
 		params.DeviceNumber = func(info os.FileInfo) (uint64, bool) {
-			if info.Name() == volume {
+			if info.Name() == volume && fs.mounted {
-				return volumeDevice, true
+				return 2, true
 			}
 
 			return 1, true
@@ -340,13 +368,13 @@ func backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t *testing.T, unmountedDevice uint64) {
 	stored, err := env.v.Storage.List(ctx, "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// A volume that is not mounted leaves its mount point behind as an
+	// The volume goes missing.
-	// empty directory.
+	fs.cannotMount = listingFails
-	volumeDir := filepath.Join(env.src, volume)
+
+	if !listingFails {
 		require.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll(volumeDir))
 		require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(volumeDir, 0o750))
-
+	}
-	volumeDevice = unmountedDevice
 
 	for range 2 {
 		env.out.Reset()
@@ -371,12 +399,11 @@ func backUpWithVolumeNotMounted(t *testing.T, unmountedDevice uint64) {
 		require.NoError(t, err, "%s is kept", key)
 	}
 
-	// The volume is mounted again.
+	// The volume is back.
+	fs.cannotMount = false
+
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(
 		filepath.Join(volumeDir, "a.txt"), []byte("file a"), 0o600))
-
-	volumeDevice = 2
-
 	require.NoError(t, env.v.CreateSnapshot(prune))
 
 	snapshots, err = env.v.Repositories.Snapshots.ListRecent(